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Retrospective on Justice and the Poor in the United States in the Twentieth Century
Rose, Henry - 2009
The purpose of this essay is to review the history of legal developments in the twentieth century that affected America's poor. The twentieth century was a period of both positive developments and unfulfilled promise in the legal rights of the poor. Although progress had been made, at the end of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014222669
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Extreme poor Adivasis and the problem of accessing social safety nets
Hossain, Sk. Zakir; Kappestein, Philipp - In: Social protection in Bangladesh : building effective …, (pp. 209-229). 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403871
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Poverty and welfare in America : examining the facts
Wagner, David - 2019
General questions about poverty -- The causes of poverty -- Who are the poor? -- What are "welfare" and "social welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012078
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Aging with financial insecurity : social resilience and adaptation in urban areas of the United States
Rakhimova, Nelya - In: Natural resources forum 42 (2018) 4, pp. 227-242
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011969282
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The US earned income tax credit, its effects, and possible reforms
Meyer, Bruce D. (contributor) - 2008
of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its … current EITC. -- Welfare reform ; Earned income tax credit ; EITC ; Earnings subsidies ; Tax credits ; Poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003736745
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Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States
Bitler, Marianne - 2016
In this paper, we comprehensively examine the effects of the Great Recession on child poverty, with particular … panel data model and data for 2000 to 2014, we estimate the relationship between the business cycle and child poverty, and … that the safety net provides protection; that is, the cyclicality of after-tax-and-transfer child poverty is significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455998
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Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States
Bitler, Marianne P. - 2016
In this paper, we comprehensively examine the effects of the Great Recession on child poverty, with particular … panel data model and data for 2000 to 2014, we estimate the relationship between the business cycle and child poverty, and … that the safety net provides protection; that is, the cyclicality of after-tax-and-transfer child poverty is significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982513
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Auxílio emergencial e stimulus check como medidas de enfrentamento da pandemia de Covid-19 no Brasil e nos Estados Unidos
Licio, Elaine Cristina - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289172
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Is This Time Different? : The Safety Net Response to the Pandemic Recession
Hembre, Erik A.; Moffitt, Robert A.; Ziliak, James P. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The federal government enacted massive spending in the Pandemic Recession. But was this spending scaled to the magnitude of the economic downturn? We examine the responsiveness of the safety net to the Pandemic Recession and compare it to that in the Great Recession. Using monthly state-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322904
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The US earned income tax credit, its effects, and possible reforms
Meyer, Bruce D. - 2008
of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273965